As I already mentioned in my Midsummer post, in last holiday weekend me and my cousin Anita got the chance to organize a little photo shoot at my grandparent’s countryside near city Ventspils.

What is interesting, is the fact that I think that me and my cousin have something similar to a telepathic connection since we arrived at the countryside dressed really similarly and also, even though, we talked about having a mini photo shoot nothing direct was said ( as in what clothes to take with us), therefore, it was a big surprise when we ended up wearing very similar floral print dresses ( the only difference is basically in the back detailing of the dress)!

We, ourselves picked the meadow flowers and we also made the flower wreaths ( crowns) you can see in the pictures! Over these holidays I have really learned to appreciate the tradition of making these flower wreaths as overall I made three of them! And I definitely enjoyed the process!

I hope you’ll enjoy these pictures and soon you’ll be able to too see the second part of our photo session at countryside as I still have some before pictures to show you that were taken in the golden hour before the sunset!

Oh, I love this shoot so much! It's always great fun to have friends or company to shoot with. The both of you look absolutely amazing, and yes to telepathic communication, haha! You made those crowns yourself? They're gorgeous!!

Hi May! Thank you very much for the kind words and compliments! 🙂And I agree, taking pictures together with a same minded individual is a lot of fun! Yes, we made them ourselves, which makes the photo shoot a bit more special as we did put effort in it! 🙂

That was an awesome idea to take some photographs with your cousin, Maddie, you look like nymphs there among those flowers and meadow grass. Speechless admiration, nothing less.May your summer be full of love and only positive emotions, like what we see on these marvelous photographs.Can't wait to see the second part of your photo session, it must be wonderful!

I am so, so happy to hear that Ivana! Me and my cousin did try and wanted to create beautiful storyline of pictures about the beauty of Latvian meadows and traditions ( for example, the flower wreaths!)!

The photos are absolutely beautiful! I love the flower crowns you made too, they look so complex compared to those I used to make as a kid, haha. You both look sooooo lovely in the flower dresses with the wreaths. <3

The making of those flower wreaths is definitely not complex- easy would be the word that I would use as you only need flowers, thread and scissors! It only takes 20-30 minutes!And thank you very much for the kind words! 🙂

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